And it wasn´t me! They are for the prettiest girl in the house.I´m a little bit fed up of pulling the elastics of all the RTW trousers so that they can fit her. The result is always terrible as they look very baggy at the back waist. My daughter has a tiny waist compare to the lenght of her legs.So I decided to make a muslin with a decoration fabric I had from my mother-in-law, to see what size was the best for Julia. But she liked the fabric so much that they turned from muslin to the real-deal.I measured her hips and waist and she was a size 122 by Burda standards.

I used the Burda Kids 02/2011 pattern number 619. I had to lenghen the pattern to infinity and beyond.With this fabic, that has no stretch at all, she cannot move very freely but she doesn´t mind at all. She is delighted with the colour and the shine!

Por fín uno pantalones que la sientan bien por detrás!
At last some pants that look good on her!

Muchos besos a todas y ¡cosed, cosed....!I´ll have to make them again but using a more stretchy fabric. I recommend this pattern if you have the same problems with the RTW trousers.Love to everyone and keep on sewing!

Hello!Here again with another sewing challenge. This time it is MsMísima Sewing Week, that is hosted every month by La Pantigana. This November we had Yolanda of Pandielleando as a co-host. They gave us a knikers free-pattern with three different tutorial to finish them with FOE, elastic band or t-shirt bias..Sorry, what? T-shirt bias? I MUST try that!

Como no me fiaba mucho de mi misma, en lugar de las telas preciosas que usan ellas yo he tirado de camisetas reciclables. Una roja para el bies y otra con un print en la espalda.I didn´t trust myself enough to use the beautiful fabrics they used so I recycled an old t-shirt. And used a red one from my kid to make the bias. (Which is not a bias at all!)

Last week I missed the challenge ¿Que prendas necesito? for lack of time. It was the "Formal blouse" to go with the formal trousers and I´m left blouse-less: boo-hoo! You can see what the other participants made AQUI/HERE

Buuut the "All-Purpose dress" is something I couldn´t miss. All my winter dresses are a bit too elegant to be worn with flat shoes for example. I think this one is just perfect!

To find a suitable pattern for an easy to wear dress I had to go though all my magazines (they are watching a lot of action this autumn!) until I found a patten that seemed comfortable and nice,oh! and easy to make!

I would have never give this pattern a second look if it wasn´t for the challenge. I don´t think I own a single polo-shirt-style item. I don´t like how they look on me. But after I finished this dress I think I will be using this pattern again to make a couple of jumpers.

To finish the dress you just need to choose the way you want to close the shoulders. You can choose regular buttons and buttonholes or, as in my case, three snaps on each shoulder and add the buttons as decoration.

I know this tuto is lacking a lot of photos but I honestly don´t know where there are!

El patrón del forro aún sin cortar, Ese se corta en dos: parte de arriba hasta la sisa y luego la de abajo. Luego volvemos a ello.Ah, y también saqué los patrones para las vistas del bajo.Now we transfer all those lines to separate patterns and we add they corresponding seam allowances (I forgot to add the on the front but wrote me a little note not to forget!)The white pattern in the photo is the one I used for the lining, and the little ones are for the hem facings.